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West Coast
Magnetics
Advancing Power Electronics
FOIL WINDINGS FOR SMPS
INDUCTORS AND TRANSFORMERS
Weyman Lundquist, CEO and
Engineering Manager
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• Solid wire
Litz wire
Foil
TYPES OF WINDINGS
Lowest costLow DC resistanceHigh AC winding loss
Easy to wind Highest costHigher DC resistancePotential for low AC winding lossPractical limitation of 500 kHz due to loss
InexpensiveVery Low DC resistancePotential for low AC winding loss
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WINDING LOSS COMPONENTS
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PROXIMITY EFFECT
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B-Field
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Current Density
Induced
Current
Main
Current
Proximity Effect An isolated conductor is placed in an uniform external field
External field results from other wires and windings near the
conductor (transformer) and from the field present in the core
winding window (inductor)
PROXIMITY EFFECT
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Transformer Inductor Conductor Complexity Core gap Wave form
Dowell yes yes Solid wire, foil 1 D No Sinusoidal
Litz opt yes no Litz 2D Yes Sinusoidal
Shape Opt no yes Litz 2D Yes Any
Transformer Inductor Conductor Complexity Core gap Wave form
Dowell Yes yes Solid wire, foil 1 D No Sinusoidal
Litz opt Yes No Litz 2D Yes Sinusoidal
Shape Opt No Yes Litz 2D Yes Any
Ansys Yes Yes All 2D 3D Yes Yes
• Design and Test Verification
• Measure DCR (high accuracy)
• Thermal measurement under load
• Measure ESR (good for comparison of different windings, includes core loss induced by LCR meter)
• Isolate winding loss using Network Analyzer *
• Simulation Software
* C.R. Sullivan, “A Step by Step Guide to Extracting Winding Resistance from an Impedance Measurement”, IEEE Apec 2017
6• Strategies for Loss Minimization in Foil Windings6
Optimize foil thicknessMinimize number of layersShape foil to take advantage of core geometry effects (WCM, Dartmouth Patent)Use multiple parallel foils and swap layersUse different foil thicknesses for different turns.Use a parallel litz or thin foil winding in the vicinity of a gapInterleave winding (transformers only)Use a low permeability material for core leg
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7TRANSFORMER WINDING LOSS – CASE
STUDY
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8TRANSFORMER WINDING LOSS – LITZ WIRE
OPTIMIZATION
Design and Test Verification:Model litz options: Litz opt Test ESR from 100 kHz to 500 kHz to comparefoil and litz.Choose lowest loss option.
Litz opt result:48 awg litz is lowest loss option.46 awg litz chosen due to cost.100 kHz: optimal number of strands: 3210500 kHz: optional number of strands: 871
Choose 2700 strands, single layer, position as indicated in cross sectional view.
9TRANSFORMER WINDING LOSS – CASE
STUDY
10RESULTS – TRANSFORMER
DESIGN
Litz is lowest loss option
Transformer constructed with 2700/46.
Leakage L not sufficiently high.
Bench testing indicates acceptable performance with room for loss reduction.
NEXT STEPUse leakage layer to reduce space between windings, increase leakage L, and
reduce loss. Investigate lower capacitance foil winding.
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INDUCTOR WINDING LOSS – CASE STUDY
Inductance: 700 nH
DC Current: 10 amps
Ripple: 23 App
Frequency: 500 kHz
Design: 4 turns on EP13, gap of 1 mm
Solution: Shape opt optimization, test ESR and DCR to estimate lossCompare to full foil and shaped foil.
Shaped foil/cutout foil patent issued and second patent pending WCM and Dartmouth
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Inductor Window Cross Section – Center Leg Gap
Field Lines: Shape Opt Foil Cutout Cross Section Wire Placement: Shapeopt
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ESR vs. Frequency Measurement 700 nH Inductor
Cutout: patent pending
Inductor Total Winding Loss Including DC
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Ripple magnitude above which litz has lower loss than
copper foil for a 4 turn boost inductor
100 kHz 63% 6300200 kHz 37% 7400300 kHz 26% 7800400 kHz 23% 9200500 kHz 20% 100001 MHz 18% 180002 MHz 15% 30000
Frequency Percent Product
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WCM Shaped Foil Inductors
Low loss gapped ferrite core, shaped foil winding.
Patent pending: Dartmouth and WCM
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Comparison of 10 uH, 55 amp inductors
ShapedFoil
IronNickelToroid
HighIronToroid
HelicalCoil
Based on 2015 WCM study, copies available
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Winding Loss: Gapped Ferrite
Cutout Patent issued: Dartmouth and WCM
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CONCLUSIONS
Cut out foil for gapped inductor designs is the lowest loss option for inductors with DC current up to a ripple frequency product of about 7000. (% ripple * kHz)
Both foil and litz are usable for inductors at frequencies up to 2 MHz as long as the ripple is less
than 20%.
Litz is very expensive with the cost increasing exponentially with frequency. In the cases noted in the presentation the litz wire cost was 60% to 70% of the total material cost.
For transformers, many high power applications require more turns, making foil winding optimization critical.
For gapped inductors shaped cutout foil has lower loss than full width foil, provided copper cross section is the same.
Future work to further examine effect of foil thickness as well as methods of reducing winding capacitance in foil windings to extend performance to higher ripple and frequency values and to windings with more layers.
Shaped foil/cutout foil patent issued and second patent pending WCM and Dartmouth
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Thank you
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